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New GigaJuke music systems arrive from Sony

Sony is introducing two new GigaJuke music systems with built-in hard disk drives, the 160GB NAS-SC500PK and 80GB NAS-E300HD

Sony's keeping busy at the moment, with an entire new range of Bravia TVs, the just-announced PSP Go and now two new GigaJuke music systems making their debut.

The GigaJuke NAS-SC500PK (£850) has a 160GB hard drive, while the NAS-E300HD (£300) makes do with 80GB.

Sony claims the 160GB model can store up to 1300 hours of music at a bit-rate of 256kbps, or 40,000 standard MP3 tracks.

Both GigaJuke systems can record directly from CD, and can store music from various sources including CD, radio, PC and vinyl.

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The flagship NAS-SC500PK supports MP3, AAC, linear PCM, WMA and ATRAC music files, and can support up to five wireless client players in other rooms. The NAS-E300HD supports MP3, AAC and WMA.

Wireless or wired music transferFiles can be transferred from a PC to the GigaJuke using the supplied Music Transfer software, either via a LAN cable that directly connects a PC to the GigaJuke, or wirelessly through a broadband router.

The built-in Gracenote database contains 350,000 album titles, and can be updated by connecting the system to the internet.

As for sound quality, the stereo speakers supplied have been upgraded, with a redesigned woofer and Sony's Digital Sound Enhancement (DSEE) technology.

Power delivery is a claimed 100W for the'SC500PK, and 60W for the junior model.

Additional features on the top model include a built-in Walkman WM-PORT, a USB port for connecting other portable devices and Sony's SensMe channels feature which categorises your music into 27 "mood channels".